9th July 2007 Archive

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Code: Microsoft/.Net

• Microsoft points robots toward point upgrade Destroying human race easier than ever

Comms: Mobile

• (Un)lucky UCLA student cops Paris's old mobile number 'Where's the party?' demands frantic caller
• And the winner is...the laptop! Reg Technology Panel Thou shalt not live by mobile email alone
• Apple emasculates the iPhone Comment Hackers asked to restore iEunuch's dignity
• eBay chokes on iPhones Speculators return them to stores
• Is your phone free? OpenMoko sets Open source handset loose

Comms: Networks

• Postmaster kills off 'free for life' webmail UK stalwart says it's a big boys' game now

Hardware: Servers

• Intel codifies VMware lust with $219m investment Buys board seat to watch IPO

Hardware: Storage

• Commvault storage suite gets souped Meet Simpana

Information

• Remember the ‘Service’ in SOA But what if firms don't know what 'service' means?

Management: Government

• Interpol chief slams UK on terror database cooperation Too much toothpaste panic, not enough checks on suspects

Management: IT Director

• BBC stumbles on email list Unsubscribers sent to whole list

Management: Law

• ICANN: 'The rum made us do it' Hack's Notebook Learns to salsa, eats fried Puerto Rican balls with dressing
• Men jailed for inciting terrorism on the internet A combined 24 years and a recommendation to deport
• Sweden may block Pirate Bay over child porn Torrent tracker rejects 'trading' claims
• Telnic.org in limbo ICANN San Juan 2007 Do tell, dot tel
• US court spanks porn company over credit card copyright suit No third leg to stand on
• Warrantless wiretap opponents lose brace of court cases Noise on the wire

Management: Small Biz

• Reading: UK's epicentre of va-va-voom Clinches 'top performing city' title

Music and Media

• Google an Asian also-ran Yahoo! on! top!

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD acknowledges top-end Turion TL-66 now on the company's price list
• AMD chops desktop processor prices Single-core products still present, despite rumours
• Imagination licenses PowerVR, won't say who to Large, fruit-monikered phone maker?
• Low-power AMD 'RD790' said to support 'triple CrossFire' Four PCIe slots, anyone?

News: Consoles

• Official: Sony to bring 80GB PS3 to USA $100 off the 60GB model too
• Sony's 80GB PS3 pic points to rumble-ready controller Shaking SixAxis

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• UK going to hell on hardware, eco group warns We're going to buy too many power-hungry gadgets, apparently

News: Mac

• 2in-thick aluminium iMacs to ship in August?

News: Smartphones

• i-mate unwraps Ultimate smartphone series

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Bretons turn on Britons 'Extremists' torch restaurateurs' car
• Chinese netizens prevent 800-cat stir-fry Internet alert prompts rescue operation
• ICT cast down into the eternal fires of hell Poll result The people have spoken. Amen

Science

• Bletchley Park scientist dies in car crash RIP Prof. Donald Michie and Dame Anne McLaren
• Boeing rolls out 787 Dreamliner 'Green' aircraft wows the crowd

Science: Biology

• Leaping sturgeon menace 'Swanee' Florida boater victim count rises

Science: Space

• NASA delays Dawn again Brief Asteroid mission gone 'til September

Security

• Google bags hosted security firm Postini for $625m Updated Adds security muscle to Google apps

Security: Anti-Virus

• Dodgy anti-virus update bunfight goes to court Kaspersky sues indignant Chinese 'victim'

Security: Spam

• US claims top spam spot American spammers resurgent

Services

• Geek Squader gets fruity with customer porn 'Isolated incident', says CEO

Software

• SAP upgrades foil buffer overflow flaws Nick of time

Software: Applications

• Computershare acquires Datacare Hopes deal will help US consolidation
• Google pressed to reveal AdWords secrets Much ado about recreational flooring